Albany, NY - HDTV - Page 59

Skeeter Lansing from WTEN posted a message concerning this in the WTEN Chief Engineer Forum.

OK. How about a link to the page?

CPanther has requested I not post links to the AlbanyHDTV.com website, as well as remove the link from my signature.

You will have to go to the main page, click FORUM in the upper left corner, and then find the WTEN portion of the Chief Engineer's forum.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but I want to honor the moderator's request.

I realized too late last night that my TW HD dvr did not correctly adjust to day light savings time. It knows the correct current time, but for all the scheduled recordings I had, it changed there record times by 1 hour, which does not tmatch the correct gudie. Therefore, it tries to record LOST from 9-10 pm and West Wing from 10-11. Since they are not actually on then, it didn't record anything.

Its the 1st time I've missed either all season and I'm not happy about it. Fortunately, I watched Deadwood realtime on my other system on Tuesday, or i would have missed that too.

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It seems your monitoring procedures were no better for the April 6th broadcast of Lost than they were during the March 30th episode. Any chance you guys can get your act together by April 13th?

Perfect SROFL!

Was wondering if anybody in the the North Adams Ma. area can get 13.1 on a regular basis. I seem to only get it once in a while when it is very cloudy and even rainy. Tried pointing DB8 antenna in different directions with no luck. It is 11.44 am right now and I was testing out my new rotor and now I I lost all HDTV. It says no program but I am getting plenty of signal, also getting analog channels so I know it is not cable. I will check later maybe something in broadcast I hope. Thanks in advance for your help.

Keep in mind the DB8 is a UHF antenna and WNYT 13 is VHF. All of my OTA signal strengths are normal at this time if it helps.

I have been getting 6.1 6.2 6.3 10.1 10.2 17.1 17.3 19.1 19.2 and sometimes 13.1 and 13.2 on my DB8. 13.1 & 13.2 would come in crystal clear in HD. Are you sure 13.1 and 13.2 are vhf ? Why would I get them at all. Only get them when weather is bad and cloudy. Still can't see to get my other channels back. I screwed something up. I'll try re scanning for channels on tv tuner.

OK I just rescanned for channels. I get plenty of signal on all my channels but no picture. Could the broadcast tower be down or something. Forgive my ignorance but I am just baffled. Everything was working great just before noon and now nothing. I am going nuts trying to find the problem. I am not so sure it is on my end. All I did was add a rotor. Had the thing working perfect. Moved it a couple times lost picture but put it back to correct location and all was well. Tried moving to other location again but when I went back could not get picture again, but signal strength is there . I am defiantly pointing in the right direction. Went up on roof and checked things out and all looks fine. Any suggestions ?

Man I feel like a big dummy. I turned TV off and back on and something must have reset and all channels are back. Except for my original 13.1 & 13.2 which I guess is vhf so I will try a vhf antenna. Thanks for all your help and I apologize for being stupid.

My neighbor just inherited a 52" Sony projection TV that doesn't work.

He tested for continuity thoughout the circuit boards and checked for blown fuses. All was okay. He says the current stops at the on/off switch (which makes sense I guess) but the TV still will not turn on. Bad switch? FWIW its been in storage for about 3 years.

Can anyone recommend a good Sony repair person or troubleshooter that makes house calls? If not, then where to take it.

Michael2468, are you getting full HD out of Albany? What is your approximate location in NA. I am in Hancock near Jiminy Peak and figured there is no way to get HD here. This is an interesting development I figured no HD for a while yet here. I only get 6 SD OTA here with a large rooftop antenna.

Dave

Davird_Jr I am located on East Main Street about 3/4 of a mile from the downtown main street. I have a DB8 UHF antenna mounted on my rooftop and I am receiving HD perfect. Not all channels are HD others are digital. 6.1 HD, 10.1 HD , 17.1 HD 17.3 HD 19.1 HD these are all I get so far in HD. I also get 6.2, 6.3, 10.2, 19.2, 23 anolog , 38 analog, 45 analog. 45 is snowy but watchable. I sometimes get 13.1 & 13.2 but I am told they are VHF. I only seem to get them under certain weather conditions. I am going to put up a VHF antenna and see if I can get them in.

Davird_JR, I failed to tell you that I purchased my DB8 UHF only antenna from antennas.com. I started out with the DB4 which worked just fine, but I was interested to see what the DB8 would do. It performs no better that the DB4. I also added a pre amp from radio shack which did nothing for me other that clearing up 23 fox analog and slightly clearing up 45 UPN analog. Also added a rotor which is really useless unless I get a VHF antenna to move around. Once you lock the UHF antenna in there is no need to move it. I tried to point toward Springfield but was unsuccessful in getting over the mountain from my location. Any other info you might need let me know. I plan on trying a few more things and will let you know the results.

Michael, Are the Albany HD channels repeated on Greylock? Otherwise how dp you get them? You are staring Greylock right in the face are you not? Forgive my ignorance here, but if I understand right you are getting CBS & ABC in full HD (1080i & 720p), but you are not getting NBC in HD? Is there a way to test to see if I get the signal here without a tuner? I have not upgraded to an HDTV because I didn't expect to get HD OTA & my understanding is that the Berkshire sister channels are 480i or 480p only. Thanks for your replies.

Davird, I am pointing at Albany Schenectady area aprox azimuth from my location is 260 degrees. Iam in the process of installing a VHF antenna to get 13.1 & 13.2 hopefully. I can't do it tonight because of too much wind. Will let you know when I get it up.

Davird, I saw HD set top boxes in Pittsfield Wal Mart for under 200. They have an execellent return policy.

OK I got brave and went up on the roof in this wind and got everything hooked up. I broke every rule in the book with my hookup but it still works like a charm. I get 6.1 6.2 6.3 10 10.1 10.2 13 13.1 13.2 17 17.1 17.3 19 19.1 19.2 23 38 45 All using a direct TV boot for the mast holder. Then I mounted a Radio Shack rotor, then a 48" piece of 1 1/4" conduit then mounted a DB8 from antennaweb.org then a 1 1/4" conduit coupling on top with a 12" piece of 1 1/4" conduit and then mounted the VHF antenna from Home Depot., coupled everything together with a digital two way splitter into a Radio Shack pre amp and out to the TV which has a built in HDTV tuner. All is working great so far.

Thanks guys.

iS ANYBODY ACTUALLY ABLE TO WATCH THE wb IN hd? when ARE THEY PLANNING TO GO full strength. Is anybody able to see the Mets games in HD on the WB?

thanks,
Paul

thanks for checking. At the beginning of the broadcast, the announcers said it is being broadcast in HD. Any idea when the local affiliate will start picking it up? Is WB now transmitting at full strength? I didn't get it on my last channel scan 2 weeks ago.

Paul

From the WEWB Chief Engineer's Forum:

Posted by CliftonMets on 1/13/05:
Any update on when power will be increased on ch 43? I would love to see Mets games with better picture quality as opposed to ch 15 on TWC. And while were on the subject, any chance of Games in HD being rebroadcasted on the digital channel?

Reply by WEWB Chief Engineer Franco LaPietra on 1/14/05:
Hi and thanks for your questions:

1. No idea at this time when our autorization for full power will be approved by the FCC. We are at their mercy but expect that there will be some movement within the next few months.

2. The Mets telecasts are received from our sister station WPIX in NYC. At this time we are discussing the possiblility of delivering them in HD, but no decision has been made. Feel free to check back with me as we get closer to spring.

Posted by Skaggs on 3/10/05:
How about an update about the increase in power and the possibility of Mets in HD? Since the dispute with TWC has pulled most of the games from the cable outlet, it would be a real treat to have the games in HD via OTA.

Reply by WEWB Chief Engineer Franco LaPietra on 3/10/05:
Sorry to report that there is nothing to report......

The FCC has yet to act on our full power authorization. At this point I am reluctant to speculate on when they might act. We are truly a victim of the system and have no control over the process

Also, there are no plans to broadcast the Met's games in HD at this time.

I'm getting it reliably near Albany with a 4-bay bowtie in the attic. When I first set up I thought they weren't broadcasting because I got the others without much effort, but carefully positioning the bowtie got me enough signal to work with.

Although it's usually solid to watch, if I record it with an LG LST-3410A the playback pixelates and audio drops out every 5-6 seconds. I don't mean on average; this is a dependable cycle. This doesn't happen when watching or recording with a MyHD MDP-120, or with the LG on any other channel, including WXXA on cable. Apparently there's something nonstandard about the transmission that the MyHD can handle but the LG can't. I've read that early MyHD software couldn't deal with nonstandard Fox broadcasts but the current version can. Maybe that's why it works with WEWB.

Did anyone notice that the quality of todays yankee game on WXXA was bad?

I cannot speak for picture quality however;

To some WXXA is bad news regarding baseball,nascar,sporting events,etc.

These people were speculating OTA broadcasts last summer and then again last January and still havent accomplished anything.

FCC?... nobody else had this problem. incompetence maybe?